Ash tray



H. A. STERN 5,803

ASH TRAY 'Filed Jan. 13. 1928 INVENTOR. #AK/ey Az m/MM E/N mm&

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Patented Nov. 12, me

P OFFICE" HARRY ABRAHAM STEBN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

.ASH TRAY Application filed January 13, 1928. Serial No. 24e,463.

This invention relates to ash trays and the like having for its objectto provide means within the body of the-said tray to flicker or scrapethe ashes from the end ofa cigar or cigarette. I

' One of the objects of my invention is to provide an ash tray having anupstanding j blade either permanently attached thereto or separabletherefrom. and adapted'to be used o to flicker or scra e the ashes froma cigar,

v cigarette or pipe owl.

A further object of my invention is to provide an ash trayequipped witha blunt edge, knife like blade extending som ewhat above 1`5 the top ofthe tray, and either permanently attach to the bottom or separabletherefrom i and employed to flicker or scrape the'ashes from a cigar,cigarett e or pipe bowl. To enable others skilled in the art to morefully eomprehend the underlying features of myinvention, reference ishad to the accompanyin drawing forming a part of this specification inwhich Fig. 1 is a'perspective View illustrating a preferred form of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing one means of attaching the blade to thebottom of the Fig. is a p'rspective view of a modified form of theinvention.

Referring now to the drawings, 5 designates the body of anannular,'sha1low tray having a top 'rim 6 formed therewith, prefer--ably of metal, and to which is attached a cigar or cigarette rest 7,extending over the edge of said rim. While I have shown ,and re ferredto 'an annular' tray, it will be understood that an elliptical, squareor other shape tray may be emp oyed. i

`In the form of the invention illustrated by Fig. 1, there is provided aflat blade 8 positioned substantially centrally of the bottom 9 ofthetray, 'said blade 8 being soldered or 'otherwise 'permanently'attached as at 10 to the bottom. Wherever I use the term blade orblade-like`I wish it-to be understood that the same is intended to coveras well a struc tum -'made of wire, the periphery of which will 'b'esubstantially the periphery of the blade-like. portion herein described.The

` blunt edges 11, 12 of the blade tapertoward I "consists in providingtwo tongues 14, 15 on opposite sides of the straightbottom, saidtonguesbeing adapted to be passed through suitable apertures in the-bottom ofthe tray and flattened or clinched. e In the modified formof theinvention shown by Fig. 3, the shallow tray 5** is provided with aremovableinner receptacle 16 preferably of glass whereby it may beeasily cleaned. The receptacle 16. is equipped with opposed grooves 17for receiving the ends of' aninverted T-shaped flat bar 18 which may beinserted and removed when it is desired to clean the inner receptaclerThe bar 18 is formed with an upstanding blade 19 similar in Constructionto the'blade 8, illustrated in Fig. 1, and is of course employed for thesame purposes. This form of the invention is easily assembled, requiresno 'soldering and may be kept clean with very little difficulty. Othermeans 'may be resorted to for attaching the r inverted T-sha'ped bladeeither to the inner receptacle or to the outer tray. While I have shownand described my inventionwith some degree of particularity, I realizethat in practice various alterations theren maybe made. I thereforereserve the right and privilege of changin the form of the details ofConstruction or otherwise altering the arrangement of thecorrelatedfparts without departing from the spirit of the invention orthe scope of the subject matter being' claimed; u x

Having shown and described my invention, what I claim as new and desire'to secure by- Letters Patent is 1. A device of the class describedcomprising a shallow tray, a removable receptacle for said tray, saidreceptacle having opposed ing a shallow tray, a removable receptacle forsaid tray, said receptacle having opposed grooves, a T-shaped fiat platehaving the ends of the cross piece seated in said grooves, and theupright stern forming a single flat blade integral with the the top ofthe tray. 3. A device of the class described comprising a shallow tray,a removable rece ptacle for said tray; said receptacle having opposedgrooves, an inverted T-shaped, flat plate having its ends seated in saidgrooves, said vertical portion of said plate being in the form of aknife blade, the edges of said blade being blunt' and constituting meansfor flickerng or scraping the ashes from a eigar, oigarette or pipe.

In"testimony whereof he has afiixed his signature.

v HARRY ABRAHAM STERN( plate extending above

